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The 2020 Presidential Election in the South details how the 2020 presidential election developed in the twelve states of the South. This edited volume features preeminent scholars of Southern politics who analyze the momentous Election of 2020. In addition to chapters organized by state, this volume also focuses upon the issues that drove southern voters, the nominations process in early 2020, as well as a chapter focusing on where the region may be headed politically in the next decade. I...

The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for the next decade, or even the next generation.In this new edited volume, Charles S. Bull...

Bible Study Guide: Joel offers a deep dive into the profound and prophetic Book of Joel, one of the twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. This guide unpacks Joel's vivid imagery, urgent calls to repentance, and powerful promises of restoration, making ancient prophecies come alive for today's readers.Explore the devastating locust plague that serves as a harbinger of greater judgments to come, and discover how these events symbolize the "day of the Lord"—a theme central to Jo...

A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant pullsJohn McGinty (aka Ginty) into a dark world of embezzlement,drug-dealing, a lying wife and a junkie son.Ginty has just stepped in as the manager of a Wildwood restaurant owned by his friend, Lou Scolletta, after Lou fires the old manager for dipping in the till.Ginty starts out ordering rolls of salami and bottles of Galliano, but quickly becomes Lou'...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Bible Study Guide: Joel offers a deep dive into the profound and prophetic Book of Joel, one of the twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. This guide unpacks Joel's vivid imagery, urgent calls to repentance, and powerful promises of restoration, making ancient prophecies come alive for today's readers.Explore the devastating locust plague that serves as a harbinger of greater judgments to come, and discover...

A how-to for Jewish spirituality that works.A spiritual seeker is a person whose soul is awake. In this book I make no assumptions about how much you know about Judaism, what holidays you keep, or whether you believe in God. I want us to start from your soul’s experience and carry on from there.—from the Introduction“Virtually anyone remotely affiliated with Judaism should read this book, wrote Publishers Weekly, which listed Jewish with...

Experience the living taste of prayer in your heart,the deep and gentle glow of prayer in your soul."Many who live their lives as Jews, even many who pray every day, live on a wrapped and refrigerated version of prayer. We go to synagogue dutifully enough. We rise when we should rise, sit when we should sit. We read and sing along with the cantor and answer 'Amen' in all the right places. We may even rattle through the prayers with ease. We sacrifice vitalit...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

To train your dog effectively, you must establish more than authority and obedience. You must train the dog to want to please you. You must establish rapport. It is upon this basis that the excellent training regimen given in Dog Logic: Companion Obedience is developed. Understanding your dog's natural behavior and responses to the world he lives in is the key to achieving the training results you want. That key is provided in this book and will result for you in a responsive, obe...

Problems of individual moral choice have always been closely bound up with the larger normative concerns of political theory. There are several reasons for this continuing connection. First, the value conflicts involved in private moral choice often find themselves reproduced on the public stage: for example, states may find it difficult to do right by both justice and mercy in much the same way individuals do. Second, we frequently find conflicts among the values at stake in individual li...

This very thorough book on training a protection dog builds from understanding protection work to training, being an agitator, evaluating temperament, and more. Safety is emphasized throughout. It is fun, exciting, compelling reading, even if protection work is not a goal but simply a fascination.